Along with Fan Wenqin, Liu Shu and others, there was also Jing Liang, a Chinese officer from the Gongyi Battalion, who stood behind everyone and did not come up to salute and report his task until everyone had finished talking to Wang Kefan.

According to Wang Kefan's order, the Gongyi Battalion Repair Office, the "Jin Bu Chang", the Tongjiang Commercial Bank and other industries were all withdrawn to the Jinggangshan area, and some of the family members of the Gongyi Battalion were also among the retreats, scattered and transferred to Jinggangshan and other places, Jingliang led the troops to protect them, and welcomed Wang Kefan back to Huguang.

Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu immediately invited Wang Kefan to enter the city, and ordered people to guide him in front of the head, this is Wang Kefan's own territory, and the Dongguan battalion and other troops do not need to camp outside the city, they all enter Longquan County to rest and recuperate.

As soon as everyone entered the city gate, a group of gentry surrounded three white-haired elders and stepped forward, each holding a bowl of wine in their hands, dedicated to Wang Kefan.

A bowl of sacrifice to the sky, a bowl of sacrifice to the earth, Wang Kefan picked up the last bowl of wine, the long whale sucked the water, drank it all, and then bowed down to bow to the three elders, and the surrounding immediately resounded with an earth-shaking cheer.

The Dongguan battalion, various craftsmen, and Portuguese soldiers were all arranged by special personnel, and Fan Wenqin had prepared barracks for them, as well as abundant grain and meat dishes, to comfort this army from afar. Wang Kefan, Zhang Jiayu and others were invited to the Yin Hotel, washed and dined, and rested for a while.

Wang Kefan ate something casually, and accompanied by Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu, he went to inspect all parts of the county, this is Wang Kefan's own territory, how it is operated, you have to see it with your own eyes, so you can know it in your heart.

I walked around the market and went to the barracks, county offices and other important places again, because I had just recovered from the occupation of the Qing army. The common people and gentry were very supportive of the Ming Dynasty, and the civil and military officials under Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu were also full of energy, and the county town was full of vitality.

In the inner hall of the county ya, Wang Kefan had a long talk with Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu about the development of the Jinggangshan base area.

Due to the Qing army's initiative to withdraw from the southern part of Jiangxi, the Jinggangshan base area suddenly developed explosively, and it had the territory of three counties, but the speed of development was too fast, and many problems arose, and Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu had some differences in thinking. There is also some confusion about how it will be developed in the future.

In front of Wang Kefan, Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu had another dispute.

Fan Wenqin was born in a gentry family, has never eaten pork and seen a pig run, has a set of formed thinking about governing the place, and advocates light and thin endowment. In order to stabilize the local rule, and hurry up to repair the damage of the war. Restoration of agricultural production. At the same time, it promotes culture and education, peace and order, and attaches more importance to the people's will, economy, and culture.

Liu Shu was more radical, focusing on the development of military strength, advocating vigorously raising military salaries and hoarding grain and grass. Recruit troops and continue to launch a counteroffensive against the Qing army in order to regain more lost ground.

On the question of how to raise funds, Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu also have different opinions.

Although Fan Wenqin was forced to get on the ship. But now he is inseparable from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there is no one in his hometown in Wuning County, and they all fled to Huguang, and he himself is also a "thief chief" of the Qing army with a heavy reward, a banner of Jiangxi's anti-Qing struggle, and there is no possibility of compromise with the Manchu Qing.

After the Ji'an Volunteers recovered Longquan and other three counties, Fan Wenqin personally presided over the suppression of traitors, and even raided his family and killed his head, raising a large amount of military salary in the name of resisting the Qing Dynasty.

Liu Shu is a native of Ji'an Mansion, and she is also from a wealthy gentry, so she is more sympathetic to the local gentry, in her opinion, since these counties were occupied by the Qing army, many gentry were also forced to cooperate with the Qing army, and all of them were killed a little too harshly.

"That's a bit excessive!" Liu Shu said: "Wherever the Qing army went, the people were powerless to resist and could only be forced to shave their heads. ”

"Who said they were going to kill the people? Those gentlemen shaved their heads, and sent their children to be Manchu officials, donating grain for the Tartars, shouldn't they be killed? Fan Wenqin also has his own reasoning.

"That's why we have to recruit troops and expand the army, drive the Tartars out of Ji'an Mansion, and no one wants to be a traitor anymore!" Women are generally not very logical, their thinking jumps are very large, and they often make sudden turns when arguing about issues, and Liu Shu is no exception, from dealing with traitors to expanding the army.

"Well, we still have to think about it in the long run...... If the people's hearts are unstable, the foundation will be unstable, and if they are reckless, I am afraid that they will suffer from it......" Fan Wenqin's tone softened. Although he is nominally Liu Shu's superior, Liu Shu holds the power of the army, and the Ji'an volunteers are Liu Shu's children, so when the two of them are on business, Liu Shu is stronger.

Wang Kefan heard it on the side, the focus of the two people's argument was still developing ideas, Fan Wenqin advocated farming in the rear first, accumulating strength before fighting, Liu Shu was more active, to take the initiative to launch a counteroffensive against the Qing army, and had no interest in slowly farming.

In all fairness, Wang Kefan is more inclined to Liu Shu's point of view, and if he only considers the war situation in Jiangxi, he will also advocate seizing the fighter plane to occupy more territory. However, from the perspective of the overall situation of the anti-Qing struggle, Jiangxi is not the main battlefield for the time being, so it can only make certain sacrifices.

"I have reached an agreement with 10,000 yuan of Ji'an, the Ji'an volunteers will not leave Ji'an Mansion, and the battle will definitely be fought, but there will be no big ......war in the short term," Wang Kefan patiently explained, and made an analysis of the shape of Huguang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and even Yungui in Sichuan, first raising the height of Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu's consideration of the problem, and then returning to the specific development ideas.

Liu Shu's counteroffensive plan was rejected by Wang Kefan.

Fan Wenqin's farming plan was also rejected by Wang Kefan.

Wang Kefan pointed out to them a new direction of development: It is necessary to cultivate the fields and train the troops, to grasp both hands, to be firm in both hands, and to support the Huguang front line as the purpose.

Liu Shu was later the chief soldier of Ji'an, the chief military officer, and her tasks were relatively clear, one was to defend the Jinggangshan area. The second is to recruit and train troops, but she can't attack Ji'an Fucheng, but must try her best to provide Huguang with troops.

At the same time, Fan Wenqin wanted to get a good grasp of resuming agricultural production, but he had to postpone cultural education and water conservancy construction, and instead provide food and wages for Huguang.

It's a sacrifice that has to be made...... The Battle of Huguang was lost, and Nanming was in danger of losing the country, and no matter how prosperous the local area of Jinggangshan was, it would not help the overall situation.

Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu did not have any objections and accepted the order very simply.

The Jinggangshan area was able to create this foundation, which was built by Wang Kefan's continuous blood transfusion, Gongyi campfire and Zhang Xianbi, two dozen Ji'an mansions, and the captured weapons and equipment were given to the Ji'an volunteers, and later Li Si also provided food and military salaries, and left a large number of wounded soldiers as instructors to train troops for the Ji'an volunteers...... In a word, Wang Kefan is the chairman of the Jinggangshan area, Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu are just two professional managers, accounting for a small amount of shares at most, and they have to listen to the chairman on the issue of heavy dà.

In terms of the strategy of governing the Jinggangshan area, Wang Kefan made clear demands on Fan Wenqin, and greatly increased the tax, at least more than doubled.

"Junmen, I'm afraid this is inappropriate! Those who have won the hearts of the people since ancient times have won the world, and if they lose the hearts of the people, I am afraid that there will be chaos. Fan Wenqin was worried.

"When the national crisis is at the head, there should be money to contribute and force, and they can't help it!" Wang Kefan has always been more polite to the gentry, is to cooperate with them, if the gentry are unwilling to support the anti-Qing struggle, or pay more attention to their own interests, Wang Kefan does not intend to get used to these people, he has invested a huge cost in the Jinggangshan area, and it is time to pay off.

"Of course, in terms of specific measures, we must also pay attention to means and methods, where the Tartars have already collected taxes once this year, do not double the collection, and wait until next year. However, the grain-producing Da Zhuangzi must send troops to settle in, measure the acres of land clearly, and reduce the rent and interest at least to 30 percent, so as not to provoke a popular ......."

With Wang Kefan's specific requirements one by one, Fan Wenqin's eyes gradually straightened, and he couldn't help but gasp.

It is now the end of the year, and it is necessary to collect taxes again, which is a difficult task to complete, and what is even more troublesome is that Wang Kefan's request to measure the acres of land and reduce the rent and raise the interest rate will arouse strong opposition from the gentry.

The tax of the Ming Dynasty includes two parts, one is the poll tax and the other is the field tax, and how many fields there are in the countryside are a bad debt for many years. In the "fish scale book" for calculating the land tax, it is basically the number of the "one whip law" when the "one whip law" was implemented during the Wanli period, and there are many cases of gentry and landlords secretly concealing land.

Concealing the land can reduce taxes, this is a matter related to the vital interests of the gentry and landlords, and Wang Kefan wants to start from here, and the difficulty can be imagined.

As for the reduction of rent and interest rate, it is also unfavorable to the gentry and landlords, the reduction of land rent, the burden of tenants will become lighter, but the income of landlords will be reduced, and now most of the land rents are more than 50 percent, but Wang Kefan has asked for a reduction of 30 percent, and the income of the landlords will be reduced by half, which will cause a strong backlash.

However, Wang Kefan also gave a clear solution, that is, to send troops to the countryside, implement military management, and use force to forcibly promote the measurement of acres of land, and reduce rents and interest...... Xiucai met a soldier, and it was unreasonable to say, if he was forced with a knife, those gentry and landlords really had no ability to resist.

"Junmen, this won't cause trouble, right?" Fan Wenqin thought a lot, and was afraid that those gentry and landlords would sue everywhere and exert pressure from the upper echelons of the imperial court.

"It's okay, any trouble will be pushed on me, and I will bear it." Wang Kefan didn't care.

The gentry and landlords in these counties have limited energy and can't make much of a storm, and there will be no one in the court to stand up for them and offend the powerful Chuxun group.

On the contrary, Wang Kefan was more worried that the gentry and landlords would pass on the pressure and use various means to put the increased taxes on the ordinary peasants, thus intensifying social contradictions and causing riots.

Sending a task force to carry out "land reform" is a successful experience of our party and our army. (To be continued......)